Posts by skolesen
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Beolink 5000 fully repaired!
in BeoRemote · Aug 6, 2026 20:49Thanks Stephen for your kind words and it has been a pleasure to bring your BL5K back to live from the drawer. Hope it will give your a lot pleasure in the time to come. I always had a Beovirus crush for this amazing rem…
Beolab Penta MK3 displays dead
in BeoLab · Aug 3, 2026 17:53My guess is to look at the 12V zener diode D6 (DATA LINK) on PCB 40 in the BC9500. I've seen similar behavior on a BM6500 where there also was no data for the BL penta display on the Power Link. Replasing the semilar zen…
DIY Beolab 8000 Wood frets (STLs included).
in BeoLab · Jul 21, 2026 06:45Hi Vick NM, Wellcome to Beoworld. The .STL files are included at the end of Matador original post on "page 1" and you have to be logged in to see them. Hope this helps. /steffen
Beolink 5000 batteries
in BeoRemote · Jul 4, 2026 10:18I can fix it, but I'm living in Denmark. New display ribbon and recap of the IR PCB. As previously said I've done +25 BL5K renovations and have some extra display- and IR-PCBs on stock. I even made a custom version to co…
Beolink 5000 batteries
in BeoRemote · Jul 3, 2026 09:21Hi All, I've been renovating +25 BL5K and my experience with the batteries is to use rechargeable batteries like the Ikea LADDA as they have a larger minus contact pad than normal batteries. /steffen
Beolab 8000 MK1 Foam Replacement – Original Foam Specs & Templates?
in General Discussion & Questions · May 10, 2026 13:05Hi Leo, I know this dosn't answer your question, but take a look here: https://www.dksoundparts.com/product/damping-foam-set-pair-for-beolab-8000/ /steffen
BEOTOOTH 5500 : A Datalink Bluetooth Receiver
in General Discussion & Questions · Apr 11, 2026 11:19New FW for the Beotooth 5500 that's great news. I love my two Beotooth connected to a beosystem 6500 and 7000 and are using them every day with old iPads and Spotify as bluetooth player. So if you have a spare Tape 1/2 i…
Beomaster 7000 backup battery
in BeoMaster · Feb 19, 2026 14:55orfeo.favaron wrote: I even downloaded the service manual from the forum (which I believe isn’t complete), The Service manual for the BM70000 is an ad on to the BM6500 service manual. So you also need the service manual …
Beomaster 7000 sound in front jack only
in Nordic · Feb 18, 2026 17:49You have started the same topic in two different forums at the same time on Beoworld without explaining your setup i the Nodic forum. I thought that your Beomaster 7000 was in a "solo" setup and not a part of a multi roo…
Beomaster 7000 sound in front jack only
in Nordic · Feb 18, 2026 17:17Normally if there is only audio in headphone jacket and SPEAKER 2, these can be there reasons: a bad mute relay (RL1) bad TR2 the mute pin in the haeadphone jack is constant set to GND. Next question: Is there audio in S…
Beomaster 7000 sound in front jack only
in Nordic · Feb 10, 2026 21:11Have you tried to connect normal speakers to SPEAKER 2 output?
Beomaster 7000 sound in front jack only
in Nordic · Feb 5, 2026 15:40I would check that the muting pin in the jack plug isn't permantly connected to GND. I've seen that before. /steffen
Beolink 5000 repair
in BeoLink · Dec 29, 2025 16:23I normally use this 3M300LSE double sided tape to reattach the aluminium ring back to the keypad. At the attached picture how its used. If the aluminium ring isn't lose I'ii leave it on the keypad when cleaning in warter…
Beolink 5000 repair
in BeoLink · Dec 28, 2025 09:45I've repaired +20 BL5K lately and my experience is that the original display ribbon will fail at some point. There is a guy in Struer I use my self who can replace the ribbon. PM me for contact details if you go down tha…
Your favourite product from B&O's first 100 years?
in General Discussion & Questions · Nov 19, 2025 14:26My favorite is the BM 1900 I got as my confimation present back 1979 from my parents and later on in 1984 I added a 2nd hand BG 8000. I still own both. Now I use on daily bases my Beosystem 7000 with a pair of Beolab Pen…
What are you working on now?
in General Discussion & Questions · Jun 14, 2025 10:52Madskp wrote: If one should do a comparison to the official whiteB&O remotes, the MCP 6500 has white background for the black button and the Beoremote one have the buttons so close that there is no background, so any com…
What are you working on now?
in General Discussion & Questions · Jun 11, 2025 15:49This will probably have divided opinions. After renovating quite a few Beolink 5000, my BL5K Brother in Arms and I have been working on a white version of a Beolink 5000 that B&O never produced. This is number 2, judge f…
Things from B&O
in General Discussion & Questions · Jan 18, 2025 19:25Funny, I can see that I was born on a Thursday in week 29 from your picture of the calendar of 1965. I recal how to do the PCB layout with adhensive pads and traces. Done that a lot in the early 80's when I in apprentice…
Beo5 Configuration Tool in Windows 11?
in Beo5 & Beo6 · Jan 18, 2025 12:06One think you have to be aware of, is when you get the USB port to be recognized in the configuration tool you can't download the current Beo5 configuration and have to upload a brand new one.
Beo5 Configuration Tool in Windows 11?
in Beo5 & Beo6 · Jan 17, 2025 08:38This issue has been discussed a lot on the old forum. The configuration tool when used for programming Beo5 needs to be run on a 32 bit version of windows. Either on an old computer or on a virtual machine running 32 bit…